[scottbruin]

What kind of quality shoes? Good dress-y shoes can be resoled so they should last more than 4 years.

[spiritplumber]

I own two pairs of sneaker-y leather shoes that look like Timberlands from the 1980s, both made by a cobbler back in Italy who has since retired. They are 6 and 8 years old respectively, and only needed resoling twice.